The Sun. — London, England, 1808-09-24 00:00:00

" In a,:knol.Vledging in genttral the merit of all those who cont ibuted to this glorious triuniph, and their indisp table claims -to the gratitude of their country, we feel it our duty to 'particularize the in dividuals who corornanded at tile different points of attack, inasmuch" as their dispositions principally contributed to the glory of . his Majesty's arms,- In . this list we have to mention D. Nareisso dela 'Valeta, `Commandant of the 2d of Barcelona; D. Francisco Want; Del 'Bo,ch, Lieut.-Colonel of the- Garrison Battalion of Ceuta ; D. Juan O'Donovan, Command ant of the 2d ,—Rattaiion of Littonia\, D. ,Huurique O'Donnell, Serjeant-Major of the same corps, who has. been wounded ; D. Juan Baget, Colonel and Commandant of the. 3d of Lerida ; Don Juan Claros, a Captain on the. 'halt-pay ; Don Manuel . Bodet, Capetin of the grenadiers of the regiment of Soria ; Don NianuelMootessitios, Captain of the infantry of Estremadura ; Don Manuel Antunez, - Ensign in the Spanish Guards ; Don Cosine Garcias, Brevet Captain in the-Bourbon regiment of infantry; and D o n Tomas Garcias, Commandant of the corps of Veguda : all of whom are deserving of their coun try's gratitude, and are entitled to the consideration of your Excellency. I have also to recommend, in a particular manner, Don Josef Alloia, Serjeaut- Major of the Engineers, thing as Major-General of the division he served with, and whose skill and bravery most certainly contributed chiefly to its suc-, cessful operation ; and, finally, Don Santiago Nogues, Lieutenant in the regiment of Bourbon, who adted as his Aid-de-Camp, and who with the Utmost celerity, and amidst the greatest dangers, "carried his orders to all points.'.' Since the arrival of the above dispatches, his Ex cellency has received others from Hostalrich, Ma taro, Granollers, and - Calella, detailing various en counters with the fugitives on die road to Barcelona, hi all of which they proved to be in a state of com plete disorder, and at every. step of their progress Many of them paid the forfeit of their lives; so that their dead, almost touching each other as they fell, clearly mark out their track until their arrival at Bar celona, where, without knapsacks, muskets, shoes, or even their orderly books, their remains, being about 800, formed a junction with a corps which advanced from Barcelona to prote& them in their eight. Their passage through the country cost them 1200 men. Most assuredly .they have good cause tb learn, as is their pra&ice, all ..the turnpike and bridge -gates in Catalonia, for we must do them the justice to admit, that the toll they have paid has been lather extravagant. It is affirmed that Lecclii ordered the cannon of Barcelona to be immediately fired, to announce an event so fortunate to his arms.. Catalonia would at this moment be completely rid of those mis creams, were it not for the walls of Barcelona and Figueras, the only places of refuge for their cowardice. But these strong holds will avail them little Y the bravery of our army will speedily over come 'them. Rrcirn the returns annexed to these dispatches, it aPpears that our iess on the Ittit,l was, et the regu lars ieven killed and 3S wounded, and of the mique lets lb killed, 70 wounded, and 13 mi,sing. SARAGOSS)V, AUG. 24.—The Captain-General of thi s kingdom has received a dispatch, dateu the 22d instant, trorn Count De Monrejo, General in Chief Of the combined troops of Atragon and • Valencia, stating his arrival the preceding- day,, with- Lis, divi sion, at Tildela, where Ferdinand VII. was proclanal ed With the utmost degree - of solemnity. CARTHAGENA, AUG. 25. ; 'Tie Marquis de Ca... rflaren la Real, Governor of this place, has giveh pnblic notice of his having received a, dispatch, dated the I.4th ult. front the Consul-General of Spaiti at Algiers, infbrmingliiin, that, ten gallies,•carrying 24- guhs, and a- xebeck of 4 guns, had sailed from that 174 to cruize b e tw een t h is quarter an d t h e S tra it s , or the purpose 01 capturing l'Ortuguese vessels sail ing undertheSpanisli Flag. .A.R jt MAILS. rv-tia—t Gottenburgh,. 2 Dublin. Duz—z Waterford. eceitois • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY A r TWELVE O'CLOCK. - 65/ I Oniniutn - - . 2.1 Tll E SUN. ~_ 401:11,M QUcs D ' iCtltE PALSUNI AUDI. T ? L 0 N D 0 N, • .:.~_ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 241 1808. A. v essei. trom Oporto arrived at Bristol yesterday in tw,; ive days, with two Portuguese Messengers . , who bruua-ht Dispatches to the Portuguese Atnbas sador, the contents of which have hot transpired. - It is rumoured dot the Portuguese, General, BERNARDO FEREIRA, • had refused to permit the Convention to be carried into execution, and that when the Messengers left Portugal, twelve days since, the first division of the French army were not embarked. There is said to bare been a dreadful riot at Lis b(4l, in which 800 of the French soldiers were stabb e d by the Portuguese, in whose possession -Lisbon is stated to have been at the time of the de parture of the Messengers. Gwent urgli Mail arrived this Morning, Therms.; scan Fleet appears to be placed between Scylla and C haqbdis.—On the one side, the combined Engliih and Swedish Squadrons, of whom they are so much afrakl that they are throwing up batteries on shore, and entrenching thernselveS in every possible way ; and on the other, the danger of a brisk. North-west Wind, 'which it is thought would nearly destrciy them. There are some details respe&ing the War in Finland, to which we refer our Readers. ~VI Since writing the above, we have learnt that there is a report in town, that Sir S. HOOD had blown' up the : Magazine at Rogerswick, in consequence-of which the Russian Admiral had sent a Flag of • • . . Truce to Sir T. SAVMARLZ, and it was eKpeated that the whole Russian Fleet would soon suri-endel'. The Transports with the Spanish Troqs on hoard, from the Baltic, arrived yesterday in the Downs, and proceeded on for Portsmouth. The Transports, with the Troops ou board from Harwich; also sailed for Falmouth. We this day continue our Extraas from the Spa nish Papers received yesterday. .AmOngst them is an interesting detail of the brave defence made by the City of Gerona, and the ultimate defeat of the French. Several of the foreign soldiers in DUPONT'S army have entered into the Spanish service. There are some other articles which, though not very new, will still be read with interest. • it has been supposed that a great battle is about to be fought in Spaina conjeaure which, although , there is not much to countenance it in the Spanish Papers, is certainly not iMprobable, it being the ob vious policy of the Spaniard's to prevent, if pos- sible, the entrance of more French Troops into- Spain,. which, of course, can only be done by a total defeat of the French Ariny at present in that Country, and by rapidly following - up the vi6ory, until the whole are either driveU out, or tOrced to surrender. It is, on the other hand, evidently the policy ,of the French to maintain themselvo - s in strong positions until their reinforcements arrive. They will therefore most probably endeavourto for= tify themselves as strongly as po3sible, and wait the attack of the Spaniards. Such an attack would hot, of course, be made without mature deliberation, and without well weighing the probabilities of success; but if-a large Spanish Arn'y could be immediately brought to bear Upon the French line of defence, we confess (although participating l in the anxiety which must be felt for the event of such a contest) we think that it would be more advisable, if there was a fair chance of success, to make such ,an attack than to wait until the French were enabled, by 'reinforce ments, again to advance. Agreeing entirely with the excellent system laid down in the « Precautions," we still thinx that there is, and will be, for a short time to come, a fair chance of driving the French Troops wholly out of the Peninsula, in which case another French Army would find an almost insuperable difficulty in an attempt to.enter Spain. This would be so g,eat an advantage to the Spaniards, that it seems worth making considerable sacrifices to obtain it, and thereby prevent that pro tracted War carried on in the heart of Spain, which must be the consequence of a large French army matching into that Country with. the ease which they can now do, the French troops being in posses sion of all those strong positions whiCh are best cal culated to cover the advance of their reinforcements. THE following Extra6t of a Letter, received by a respectable House in Liverpool, from their Corre spondent *in. Jamaica, and which we copy from a Liverpool Paper (Gore's General Advertiser), will doubtless be read with great satisfaetion : • " Kingston, 31st July, iBoB. Ten days ago an express vessel arrived here in 2.2 days from Cadiz', with Dispatches to Litis Govern- Ment, and accounts of the revolution in Spain, which have already opened i an intercourse between this. Island and all the neighbouring Spanish Colo nies of Cuba and the Main, for' which 'immense pur chases have already been made here in dry goods, for Vera Cruz, Carthagena, the Caracas and - Cuba, and which will open a very Jarge vent for the tuanu- 7 ' faetures of Manchester, in which the demand for these Colonies principally consists, viz. printed 'cottons, coloured velverets of all kinds, British rouslins, platillas, cotton stockings, hats, &c. " The influx of Spanish traders to this port; has, within these few days, been so great as to have drained the 9arket." wounded. , Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses So . rutA, AUGUSTA, and - Ansur...tA, accompanied by Lady Howe, Gener:il FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, toolt a ride in Windsor Park, and at twelve o'clock returned to the Palace. The QUEEN and Princess EL IZAB E T H, with their usual attendants, took an airing to Floginor Lodge, and walked in the Gardens. The report of the march of Sir ARTIIUR WEL , LEst..g? into Spain, with 18.0°6 men, is, we have reason to believe, not confirmed by any authentic advices. , Departures from lbhetson's Hotel :—Colonel Ba- THUNE, for Scotland; and JAMES BECKFORD HEARD, Esq. fur Clifton. On Wednesday, at the' City of London Tavern, .Colonel ,BETHYNE, of the. Honourable 'East India Company's Service; was presented with a handsome Sword (mounted by Messrs. RUNDELL and BRIDGE) by JAMES BECKFORD HEARD, Esq. in conforthity with the request of the Grenadier Battalion of the Bombay Army, as expressed in the Addresses pub lisbed in the Bombay Gazette of the 6th of January, 1808. Captain HEARD, in delivering the Sword, addressed Colonel BETUUNa with an appropriate Speech, and several Military Gentlemen partook of an eiscellent dinner provided for the occasion. From an Official Dispatch of General CA STANOS, co n taining the details of th e battle of Bayl en , it ap pears, that the loss of the French on that occasion was, 2200 killed, and 400 wounded. The loss of the Spaniards is stated at 243. killed, including 10 Officers, and 735 wounded, including 24 OffiCels. COTTEPIBt'IIOII GoTfUNBUIIGH, SIFT. 10.—It is rei crated from Stockholm > tlhlt negotiatiigr.; were begao about de- livvring ni) the Russian Fleet. f6llowing are exiraas of a letter from an Officer on board the V ic lorY off' Ro.,;erswick " SE!'T. 6. "The Russian Fieet are disinantling in Rogers , wick i they have made their position very strong, by ereetitig batteries at Ralik Port, and East Roge, but they are warped so 'close to the slime that I think a gale of wawa 'go near to destroy them: Vie annoy and harass the . enetny on all 'opportuni- ties ; and • yeslerday', on throwing shr4ls, blew up a powder magazine ‘vith a 'very igreit explosion.— They are, 1 believe . , very much akirmed and panic struck, and I hOpe we 611 A be able to Compel them to good terms. " SEPT. 10. "Things remain nearly in the same state.., as when I last wrote. The Russians are tnoored as close as possible to the shore. I think the first N.W. gale must 'completely do them up. They have their yards and topmasts struck, and have amazingly for tified both sideS of the entrance of the Harbour. "A list of the Ships in company; and I ►tnderstand the Orizok is on her way to . join us : " Vidory, Centaur, Mars, Goliath, Implacable, Salcette, Ariel, Cruizer, Magnet, Eolus, Alitart, Rose, Thunderer Swan and Baltic, Cutters." " Head quarters, Gralsby, Sept. " Ills Royal Majcsiy has received the following report from 11ajnr-General Baron -VEGASACK, dated LAppifend, 4th of the month. • • - " Ott the . 29th, early I the morning, intelligence was recctived that the enemy had' vigorously attack ed and repillsed our advanced posts. Soon alter the enemy tiircie an attack on our position with two strong columns, of is to 800 'men each, preceded by a numerous chain of detachments of chasseurs. The whole corps was commanded , by Gen. leo ESSELEL : his artillery consisted of four pieces of cannon, and the attack wris led on by Colonel Z - 11 . SELIv1. " The Enemy's chasseurs commenced a violent but ill-direaed fire on the Finnish tirailleurs,. by whom they were opposed with great vigour; The chasseurs of Upland and licking formed a line pa rallel to that of the enemy. " On our left flanks were the tirailleurs of the regiments of Bjorneby, and Capt. GYTTENBOGEL, at the head of our chain of Chasseurs, - made a most gallant attack on the enemy, while one battalion of the regiment of Upland turned his right wing, and one battalion of Helsingen his left. ,The rapidity with which this movement Was performed com pelled the enemy's advanced troops to fall back. Our troops followed with the utmost gallantry, and threw the Russians into such confusion, th:a al though they made several attempts to rally, they could not succeed in regaining or maintaining a po sition, and were routed on all points. " Night coming on, your Majesty's, troops lay On their arms in the field of battle, and the following morning we advanced as tar as Omasse, when we found' the Enemy f.'-mployed in an attempt to set the village on fire, and break down the bridge, which, how&er, he was prevented from cariyht into ef feCt, by a charge, made ,in the most masterly style • by Major THEDE, at the head of a detachment o f NYLAND'S dragoons and HELZLNG'S chasseurs. " Our lo4s in this action consists of 2 Officers and 16 men killed, and 1 ,Otticer and ►43, men " We have taken 77 prisoners, among wham are two (hikers, and the Enemy's loss in killed and wounded is far more considerable than our's. VEGESACK, " MajoisGene;al and Cttier ut plvision." SPORTI A G INTILLIGAENCE. SHREWSBURY. RACES. TL/fSDAY, ski f. 20. The Purse of Fifty Vountis, the (..;itt of the Bon. -W. Hill - and T. Jones, Esq. Sir Tho►imas Stanley's b. f. Cowslip Thos. Chiihnondeley's Lsq. b. g,. Mr. 'f: Cioome's ch. t. Miss Barrington Sir W. W. Wydn's ch. h. by Glaucus P. I. Parry's, Esq. b. f. Little ilar.ot Thos. Furney's, Esq. g. f. Miss Bentley A Match of toogs. h. ft. one mile, Bst. each. Sir W. W. Wynn's b. 1. Devsna - - - Beiison'4, Esq. Plaything l I z (Ir 3 Jr b 3 - I 2 SWINDLING.--'I esterd.ay a new species of swin dling was committed on Westminster-bridge, which perhaps in point of dextrous tmlnagement .has never been exceeded. As an elderly Clergyman, a Re&or in Sussex, was walking slowly across the bridge, to wards the Surrey side, a Gentleman remarkably well dressed, who had a small parcel in his hand, accosted him, saying that being taken suddenly very ill, and hardly able to support himself from 'dropping down, he begged permis,sion to lean on his arm for a little way, till he could tall in with a coach. The goad' unsuspecting man readily 'consented—ln this manner they proceeded deliberately, till they came near the toll-bar, when the acting Gentleman stepped into a coach, bidding his kind 'conduCtor a thousand thanks for his humane attention, and at the same time gave him his card of address. But how -great was the Clergyman's astonbhment to find that his indisposed fiend, in the course 'of his oceaional contgts; con trived to rob of his watch and pocket-handker chief. The c.,. ,* of address, course, turned out to be fal:e. NAVAL. NEWS. ,~ I} , POATSMOOTH, SEPT. 23 Sailed this d; . y tne Alncli•~t Frigate; :Captain the Hon. .t . P. ir.al, tat • the Wektvard; and the Firm Gan-brig, Lieutenant LITTLE, to Guernsey. ISLAi4bS OF ..SCILLY, 19.-On Thursday last, came in from a cruize the Revenue Cutter C'or. mozant, Capt. HuLL, belonging to Fowey 5 and on Saturday ; the Voila Lugger from a'cruize kom the Squadron otr Guernsey. Arrived also,the Ship 'Thomas. Jifbrerson, SAMUEL MountsoN, Master, from Archangel, bound <to London, laden' with tar, matts,i &c. She came round the Orkneys to avoid the Frepch Privateers. The above have all sailed. DEAL, SEPT. 23.—Arri the N assau, of 64 guns, Asper, Racoon,. and Sparrow-hawk Sloops of War,. with the Transports under convoy; having on board . the Spanish Troops from the Baltic. The Nassau has anchore& but will sail again to the northward as soon as the tide will permit--,t he others have all proceeded throagh the Downs for forte-, mouth. The Spanish, Commis4ary-Getiral land front the Fleet, and proceeded immediately to Lon don in a chaise and tour. Arrived the Camel . Store-ship from the River ; the Satellite Sloop of War from the Wept Indies; the Phosphorus • Fire-vessel from a cruihe ; and the Paz Schooner from Portsmouth. Sailed the Glonien Sloop of War, ated Furious. Gun-brig, with' the TranTortS under convoy, bav; ing o❑ board the 43d, 95th, and several other R. giments, from Harwich, bound to Falmouth the Cherokee, Mariner, and Bustler Sloops of War on a cruize ; Camel Store-ship for P•. rtsmouth'; and the Zenolia Sloop of War to join Admiral GARDNER. Sailed this morning His Majesty's Brig Rolla, With the Transports, 'having on board the Vith, 95th, 43d, and part of the. 59th Regiments, the out ward-bound, &c. under convoy for Portsmouth. • Arrived His Majesty's Ship Satellite from Ports . - mouth. i !, 11 DOVER, SEPT. 23.—A Fleet of Transpory, of 60 Sail, went past this morning to the Westward, un der convoy of the ,Gromen Gun-brig and a Store ship. The Pappenburgit Ship Mercurius, from Rotten darn to Piymotith, with Geneva, is detained and sent in here by his Majesty's Gun-brig Blazer, Lieutenant HINTON. A very large Fleet of Transports (70 Sad) hove in sight, having on board the Spanish Troops bound to the Westward, under convoy of the_ Nassau, two Brig-sloops, and a, Lugger. . . In the Roads :.he Grouts and . the Mariner Gun brigs. • ? ITOL, SEPT. 23. Arrived a vessel • from Oporto, with two Portuguese Messengers, in twelve (Jars. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 2t . Arrived several trans ports from Portsmouth, with troops, to juin the Ex- - pedition lying here, supposed for Spain. Sailed hi,s Majesty's ship Rattler, with a Fleet for Newfoundland.--Wind S.' E. Notwithstanding the number of unfortunate perl. sons whose boaies,were discovered and dug from the ruins on the morning of the fire, at Covent-Garden Theatre, and those-who were extricated alive, but have since died, it is to be feared the total extent of the casualties have not yet been ever. nearly ascer tained.; and many bodies are . still supposed to re main buried under the twos, for the extrication of winch, at the instance of the friends of persons miss ing, a number of labourers are constantly employed.. Yesterday the mutilated.reniains, or, indeed, rather the skeletons of two unfortunate persons were deg -front the ruins, and taken to Covent-Garden bone-house to be owned; but the miserable change they have Tidergone has so far destroyed all vestige of former likeness, that it is almost -impossible they call be recognised by their friends. Yesterday evening a Coroner's InqueSt 'was taken before I'. SHELTON, Esq. one of the Coroners for the Borough of Southwark, and a respeCtable Jury, on the bodies of two firemen. belonging to the Phcenix Office, and who were amongst the onfor- Innate vi6Aints of the late fire...at Covent-garden Theatre, the 'one named Fish,' who was an Engi neer,- and •the other named Phisket, of the same Otiice.—The evidence as to the cause of death to Mese unfortunate men was Much the same as that already before the public. Finis was the man who rejeeled the adnionition of the Playhouse carpenter, to beware of •the danger, and back out the engine lest the roof should fall, and paid with his life the forfeit of his temerity. -Both the deceased were brought from the scene of their misfortune dread fully bruised and burnt. Every attention was paid to them. They continued sensible, but in great agony, to the last. The one died on Thursday night, and ' the other yesterday morning. The Jury, of course, found a verdiCt of—Accidental Death. Another InqueSt / was held before the same Co roner,:on the body-of Wm. Evans, a boy- between five and.six years old, killed by the carriage of Sir James Mansfield, erroneously stated to be that of .Earl Mansfield, in Blackfriars-road, on Thursday -- evening. The circumstance was proved to be purely accidental, and --the Jury found a verdi& according ly.; but the Court levied afine of 31. upon the horses, and 21, upon the wheels of the carriage. It is a singular and afflictive circumstance, that one of the men whose lives were lost their laud6ble zeal to extinguish the flames of CJvent-Garden The:.tre, bad his, : only brother suffocated upwards of a year ago in Newgate-street, on the occasion of the execution of . ..the murderers of Mr. STEEL. Their father, who ; is.an industrious cooper, still survives or Tottenharn-court 7 road to deplore the melancholy events.:, k I i